Flag Day
Adopted as the flag of the United States of America by the Flag Resolution of 1777 enacted on 14 June, 1777.
The flag was first flown from Fort Stanwix, on the site of the present city of Rome, New York, on August 3, 1777. It was first under fire three days later in the Battle of Oriskany, August 6, 1777.
An official flag has a rise to run ratio of 1 to 1.9 [the flag should be 1.9 times as long as it is high] with the canton [the dark blue part] that rises over the top seven stripes with a run of 40% of the flag’s run.
The only time you will see a “correct” US Flag is if you see the official colors of a military unit. Most flags are 3’X5′ or 4’X6′ instead of 3’X5.7′ or 4’X7.6′.
Frances Bellamy, the Baptist minister and socialist who wrote the Pledge of Allegiance was from Rome, New York.
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My little flags are all the wrong proportion, but at least I fly them (indoors) every day.
One of them is of particular interest to a Texan. I found it on the ground, on a dirt road outside the tiny town of Albany, TX, where it had obviously fallen off the truck of an oilfield worker. One would expect such a flag to be dirty, but this one was also oily. I cleaned it up thoroughly and put it on display in my living room.
Now if only I could manage to remove the oil stain from the nation for which it stands…
Oil is, indeed, a stain that is difficult to remove, especially from politicians.
Valley Forge Flags is the only source that comes to mind for correctly proportioned flags, and as their business is primarily with the government, they ain’t cheap.